We started as an unlikely high school couple -- a romance sparked by a game of beer pong and raging teenage hormones. With an anniversary on our high school graduation day (what timing!), what ensued was a 4-year long distance relationship -- the only exception being when we flew across an ocean to be together in Italy for a semester. After college, it wasn't long before we had moved in together, mere moments before the world was launched into a global pandemic. After years of not seeing each other much at all, we entered a chapter where we could essentially see each other at any waking moment. And what a joy it's been. By the time Sept 10 rolls around, we'll have been together for over 9 years. But really, it feels like we're just getting this party started.